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Displaying 45 of about 61 resultsNAIROBI, August 8, 2016 - Two years after the largest ever outbreak of Ebola, the affected West African countries are moving to reduce mortality from future disaster events by bringing disaster risk management and health closer together.
The Ebola pandemic which started in March 2014 claimed a total of 11,310 lives in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone a…
A new US dashboard compiles Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responses to 911 calls for heat-related illnesses and injuries, helping government officials pinpoint where resources and interventions such as cooling centers and additional tree coverage should be focused.“Heat is no longer a silent killer. From coast-to-coast, communities are battling to ke…
Dengue is a threat to people’s health in Vietnam, and it’s being exacerbated by climate change. A new digital tool could protect more people by predicting where potential dengue outbreaks might happen.In 2022, Vietnam went through one of its worst dengue outbreaks. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there were more than 360,000 reported c…
This publication discusses the measurement of aggregate levels of encounters in a population, a concept it calls encounter metrics. Encounter metrics are designed so that they can be deployed while preserving the privacy of individuals.
To this end, encounters are labeled with a random number that cannot be linked to anything that is broadcast at the t…
Due to the importance of managing communicable diseases (CD) in disaster situations, the Center for Communicable Diseases Management (CCDM) within the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Islamic Republic of Iran, has taken measures to improve routine communicable diseases management systems in normal and emergency situation.
This study aims…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will provide diagnostic kits, equipment and training in nuclear-derived detection techniques to countries asking for assistance in tackling the worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi announced today.
The assistance, requested by 14 countries in Afr…
By UNDP’s Chief Digital Office
Coronavirus COVID-19 is one of the most serious global challenges we have seen in recent decades. The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called the pandemic the “greatest test since World War Two”.
Digital technology has the potential to mount an efficient response with online screening, rea…
For the purposes of the R&D Blueprint, WHO has developed a special tool for determining which diseases and pathogens to prioritize for research and development in public health emergency contexts. This tool seeks to identify those diseases that pose a public health risk because of their epidemic potential and for which there are no, or insufficient,…
COVID-19 is being referred to as a “once in a century event” – but the next pandemic is likely to hit sooner than you think.
In the next few decades, we will likely see other pandemics. We can predict that with reasonable confidence because of the recent increased frequency of major epidemics (such as SARS and Ebola), and because of soci…
By Brandi Klingerman
Pandemic tracking and planning
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have developed an online portal that forecasts how hospital services and resources may be impacted during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Developed for government and public health service officials, the portal models predict COVID-19 disease…
By Sarah Derouin
Data visualization and mapping are valuable tools in the fight against COVID-19. Geoscientists can help healthcare workers and shape public policy.
In the shadow of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it can be difficult to manage research programs. Field seasons have been postponed, lab meetings have taken to online v…
Suva –Fiji launched its annual National Disaster Awareness Campaign focusing on better community preparedness as the country continues to strengthen its disaster risk governance. The campaign – set to last until April 2021- is focused at the local level, aiming to make communities better aware of and prepared for futures disasters.
Mr. Inia Ser…
New web app ranks spillover risk for newly detected viruses
By Kat Kerlin
SARS-CoV-2 showed the world with devastating clarity the threat undetected viruses can pose to global public health. SpillOver, a new web application developed by scientists at the University of California, Davis, and contributed to by experts from all over the world, ranks the…
The Joint Communique of the 5th Edition of the World Reconstruction Conference affirms the commitment to (i) use recovery from the pandemic, disasters, conflicts, and other threats as an opportunity to reset the development pathway towards a greener and more resilient future, (ii) address the social and economic effects and impact of the COVID-19…
GENEVA, 5 March 2012 - The UN Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, and HE Yoichi Otabe, the Japanese Ambassador to the International Organizations in Geneva, announced today the start of consultations on a new international blueprint for reducing disaster losses in advance of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction…